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NewsArchigram veteran
Archigram veteran, Peter Cook is pressing ahead with his belated plans to become an architect who builds. Following his acclaimed Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria, designed with Colin Fournier, the Bartlett professor’s latest proposal is a concert hall in Lepeija, Spain. Cook’s unsuccessful competition entry, pictured here for the first time, ...
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RTKL
RTKL has unveiled plans for a £100 million, 30-storey residential tower in Liverpool. The 60,000sq m development also includes leisure, retail, more than 300 flats, and four new public spaces designed by Cass Associates. The project has been submitted for planning permission and is due for completion by the end ...
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Eastern Europe lures brownfield expert
Jeff Kirby, founder of brownfield regeneration specialist Urban Research Lab (URL), has left to invest millions of pounds in eastern European projects.
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Raise your game, says Ferguson
Architects are not doing enough to produce high-quality designed buildings, RIBA president George Ferguson will tell the profession next month.
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Marks Barfield Architects
A design by Marks Barfield Architects for a landmark café in Birmingham’s Bullring development has won a limited design competition. Its spiral-shaped design is based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Work on the copper-clad 60sq m building for developer the Birmingham Alliance begins in May and the café is ...
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Litigation fears hit public space
Cabe Space this week warned that compensation claims were costing councils more than £100 million a year, draining cash from vital public space schemes; while a fear of litigation was turning much of the outdoors into a fun-free soulless place.
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Eric Parry Architects
Eric Parry Architects this week unveiled images of its £34 million revamp of St Martin-in-the-Fields church and nearby buildings in central London. The project, which will start on site next year, includes modernised vaults and a new entrance pavilion. Prince Charles has agreed to act as patron for the project.
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Arup offers a sounder way to design
Architects have always used sound to help design buildings, but a new design tool will involve more than the stereo in the studio on a Friday afternoon.
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NewsDear Gordon Brown, reform VAT now
30,000 architects, 200,000 businesses, 110,000 surveyors, 13,000 builders, 2 design watchdogs and 1 newspaper want reform of VAT on construction. Gordon Brown, act now.